1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season

1938–39 Detroit Red Wings

Division

5th NHL

1938–39 record

18–24–6

Team information

General Manager

Jack Adams

Coach

Jack Adams

Captain

Ebbie Goodfellow

Team leaders

<1937–38

1939–40>

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Boston Bruins	48	36	10	2	156	76	74
New York Rangers	48	26	16	6	149	105	58
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	19	20	9	114	107	47
New York Americans	48	17	21	10	119	157	44
Detroit Red Wings	48	18	24	6	107	128	42
Montreal Canadiens	48	15	24	9	115	146	39
Chicago Black Hawks	48	12	28	8	91	132	32

^[1]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 6, 1938	1–4	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	0–1–0
2	L	November 10, 1938	1–2	New York Americans (1938–39)	0–2–0
3	L	November 13, 1938	3–4	New York Rangers (1938–39)	0–3–0
4	L	November 15, 1938	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	0–4–0
5	W	November 17, 1938	7–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	1–4–0
6	L	November 20, 1938	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	1–5–0
7	W	November 24, 1938	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	2–5–0
8	L	November 26, 1938	0–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	2–6–0
9	L	November 27, 1938	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	2–7–0
10	W	December 1, 1938	4–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	3–7–0
11	W	December 4, 1938	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	4–7–0
12	T	December 8, 1938	1–1 OT	New York Americans (1938–39)	4–7–1
13	L	December 11, 1938	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	4–8–1
14	L	December 13, 1938	1–5	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	4–9–1
15	L	December 18, 1938	0–2	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	4–10–1
16	L	December 20, 1938	2–6	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	4–11–1
17	T	December 22, 1938	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	4–11–2
18	L	December 24, 1938	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	4–12–2
19	W	December 25, 1938	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	5–12–2
20	W	December 29, 1938	4–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	6–12–2
21	L	January 1, 1939	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	6–13–2
22	L	January 2, 1939	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	6–14–2
23	T	January 5, 1939	6–6 OT	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	6–14–3
24	T	January 8, 1939	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	6–14–4
25	W	January 10, 1939	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	7–14–4
26	W	January 15, 1939	1–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	8–14–4
27	W	January 19, 1939	4–3	New York Rangers (1938–39)	9–14–4
28	L	January 22, 1939	0–5	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	9–15–4
29	W	January 26, 1939	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	10–15–4
30	L	January 28, 1939	0–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	10–16–4
31	T	January 29, 1939	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	10–16–5
32	W	February 5, 1939	7–3	New York Americans (1938–39)	11–16–5
33	L	February 9, 1939	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	11–17–5
34	L	February 12, 1939	0–1	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	11–18–5
35	L	February 14, 1939	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	11–19–5
36	T	February 16, 1939	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	11–19–6
37	W	February 19, 1939	4–1	Boston Bruins (1938–39)	12–19–6
38	L	February 21, 1939	3–7	@ New York Rangers (1938–39)	12–20–6
39	L	February 23, 1939	2–4	New York Rangers (1938–39)	12–21–6
40	W	February 26, 1939	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	13–21–6
41	W	March 2, 1939	7–3	New York Americans (1938–39)	14–21–6
42	W	March 5, 1939	4–2	@ New York Americans (1938–39)	15–21–6
43	L	March 7, 1939	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1938–39)	15–22–6
44	L	March 9, 1939	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	15–23–6
45	L	March 11, 1939	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1938–39)	15–24–6
46	W	March 12, 1939	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1938–39)	16–24–6
47	W	March 14, 1939	3–2	New York Rangers (1938–39)	17–24–6
48	W	March 19, 1939	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1938–39)	18–24–6

Playoffs

(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens

**Montreal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings**
Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 21	Detroit	0	Montreal C.	2
Mar 23	Montreal C.	3	Detroit	7
Mar 26	Montreal C.	0	Detroit	1 (OT)

Detroit wins best-of-three series 2–1.^[2]

(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings

**Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs**
Date	Visitors	Score	Home	Score
Mar 28	Detroit	1	Toronto	4
Mar 30	Toronto	1	Detroit	3
Apr 1	Detroit	4	Toronto	5 (OT)

Toronto wins best-of-three series 2–1.^[2]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Barry, MartyMarty Barry	C	48	13	28	41	4
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	48	16	20	36	11
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	41	8	18	26	13
Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher	RW	40	8	15	23	39
Giesebrecht, GusGus Giesebrecht	C	28	10	10	20	2
Kilrea, HecHec Kilrea	LW	48	8	9	17	8
Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	48	8	8	16	36
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	28	8	8	16	10
Lewis, HerbieHerbie Lewis	LW	42	6	10	16	8
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	44	5	11	16	17
Kelly, PetePete Kelly	RW	32	4	9	13	4
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	20	3	7	10	0
Young, DougDoug Young	D	42	1	5	6	16
Bowman, RalphRalph Bowman	D	43	2	3	5	26
Deacon, DonDon Deacon	LW	8	1	3	4	2
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	15	1	1	2	0
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	1	1	1	2	0
Trottier, DaveDave Trottier	LW	11	1	1	2	16
Aurie, LarryLarry Aurie	RW	1	1	0	1	0
Brown, ConnieConnie Brown	C	2	1	0	1	0
Keating, JackJack Keating	LW	1	1	0	1	2
Besler, PhilPhil Besler	RW	5	0	1	1	2
Jones, BuckBuck Jones	D	11	0	1	1	6
Mason, CharleyCharley Mason	RW	6	0	1	1	0
Stewart, JackJack Stewart	D	32	0	1	1	18
Bush, EddieEddie Bush	D	8	0	0	0	0
Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea	LW	1	0	0	0	0
McDonald, BuckoBucko McDonald	D	14	0	0	0	2
Sherf, JohnJohn Sherf	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	G	4	0	0	0	0
Teno, HarveyHarvey Teno	G	5	0	0	0	0
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	G	39	0	0	0	0
Thomson (ice hockey), BillBill Thomson (ice hockey)	C/RW	4	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	2397	39	16	17	6	101	2.53	4
Teno, HarveyHarvey Teno	300	5	2	3	0	15	3.00	0
Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0
Smith, NormieNormie Smith	240	4	0	4	0	12	3.00	0
Team:	2940	48	18	24	6	128	2.61	4

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher	RW	5	2	5	7	2
Barry, MartyMarty Barry	C	6	3	1	4	0
Howe, SydSyd Howe	C/LW	6	3	1	4	4
Deacon, DonDon Deacon	LW	2	2	1	3	0
Grosso, DonDon Grosso	LW/C	3	1	2	3	7
Kilrea, HecHec Kilrea	LW	6	1	2	3	0
Lewis, HerbieHerbie Lewis	LW	6	1	2	3	0
Abel, SidSid Abel	C/LW	6	1	1	2	2
Kilrea, KenKen Kilrea	LW	3	1	1	2	4
Giesebrecht, GusGus Giesebrecht	C	6	0	2	2	0
Young, DougDoug Young	D	6	0	2	2	4
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	D/RW	6	1	0	1	8
Jones, BuckBuck Jones	D	6	0	1	1	10
Motter, AlexAlex Motter	C	4	0	1	1	0
Bowman, RalphRalph Bowman	D	5	0	0	0	0
Bruneteau, MudMud Bruneteau	RW	6	0	0	0	0
Goodfellow, EbbieEbbie Goodfellow	C/D	6	0	0	0	8
Kelly, PetePete Kelly	RW	4	0	0	0	0
Liscombe, CarlCarl Liscombe	LW	6	0	0	0	2
Sherf, JohnJohn Sherf	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	G	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Thompson, TinyTiny Thompson	374	6	3	3	15	2.41	1
Team:	374	6	3	3	15	2.41	1

^[3]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals;
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

References

↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
1 2 Diamond 2000, p. 35.
↑ "1938-39 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.

Detroit Red Wings

Founded in 1926 Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	History Original Six Records Award Winners

Personnel	Owner Ilitch Holdings (Mike Ilitch, chairman) General manager Ken Holland Head coach Jeff Blashill Team captain Henrik Zetterberg Current roster

Arenas	Windsor Arena Olympia Stadium Joe Louis Arena Little Caesars Arena

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks Toronto Maple Leafs St. Louis Blues Pittsburgh Penguins

Culture and lore	Victoria Cougars 2009 NHL Winter Classic 2014 NHL Winter Classic 2016 NHL Stadium Series NHL Centennial Classic Al the Octopus Grind Line Hockeytown Legend of the Octopus Production Line Red Wings–Avalanche brawl Hakan Andersson "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) Russian Five Karen Newman Budd Lynch London Lions 1938 European tour 1954 prison game

Stanley Cup championships	1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008

Retired numbers	1 5 7 9 10 12 19

General managers	Duncan Adams Abel Harkness Delvecchio Lindsay Skinner Devellano Murray Devellano and Bowman Holland

Head coaches	Duncan Keats Adams Ivan Skinner Abel Gadsby Harkness Barkley J. Wilson Garvin Delvecchio L. Wilson Kromm Lindsay Maxner Dea Polano Neale Park Demers Murray Bowman Lewis Babcock Blashill

Affiliates	AHL Grand Rapids Griffins ECHL Toledo Walleye

Media	TV Fox Sports Detroit Ken Daniels Mickey Redmond Radio WXYT-FM WXYT-AM Ken Kal Paul Woods

Detroit Red Wings seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1938–39 NHL season by team

Teams	Boston Chicago Detroit Montreal Canadiens NY Americans NY Rangers Toronto

See also	1939 Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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1938–39 Detroit Red Wings season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

(5) Detroit Red Wings vs. (6) Montreal Canadiens

(3) Toronto Maple Leafs vs. (5) Detroit Red Wings

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

See also

References